uh we will call the meeting to order this is 
the June 4th 2024 regular city of Ormond Beach   Florida City commission meeting and we are in 
commission Chambers uh hope you felt welcomed   as you came in uh by our police captain Chris 
Roos and our Deputy fire chief Nate Quartierr who   served as our greeters tonight I'd like to take 
a moment introduce the folks who are sitting up   in front of you to my right your left we have our 
recording secretaries this evening Taylor lochert   and Justin Isaacs next we have city clerk Susan 
Dauderis and then our Zone one City Commissioner Lori   Tolland good evening everyone glad you're here our 
zone two City commissioner Travis Sargent good   evening to my left and your right is zone three 
commissioner Susan Persis good evening ladies   and gentlemen and welcome then we have Deputy 
Mayor Zone 4 commissioner Harold Briley good   evening everyone and welcome city manager Joyce 
Shanahan assistant city manager Claire Whitley   City attorney Randy Hayes and then way to my left 
and way to your right are our Chiefs police chief   Jesse Godfrey and fire chief Howard Bailey uh 
and for those of you listening online I'm mayor   Mayor Bill Partington at this time if you would 
please silence your cell phones and rise for   the invocation given by Pastor Mike Petrick from 
Harbor Baptist Church followed by the Pledge of Allegiance our heavenly father we thank you for 
this beautiful day to gather in this assembly   father I pray your eye will be upon all that's 
done tonight and Lord be done for good of this   community and the glory of God and Lord we give 
you thanks I pray God that you would please work   in everyone's lives God is especially as they're 
dealing here amongst very personal things and   public things and and that all order will be 
done in a good way and Lord it would be just   settle well with everybody here today again 
we are privileged uh to be your children and   we just humbly come before you knowing that 
you're the God of all things I pray you keep   these these uh officers here before me uh in 
in uh in safety Lord I Thank you for our our   uh First Responders of of All Sorts here God I 
thank you for their goodness what they do for   our community and father any every business 
worker that does things for the the good of   their family of course but to the good of their 
employees to the community as well all these   things work wonderfully together and we just 
give you thanks help us to please you in all   things in Jesus name amen am Amen. I pledge Allegiance to 
the flag of the United States of America and  to the Republic for which it stands one nation 
under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all oh yeah that's a good idea yeah and this is the uh fun fun part 
of the evening where we get to do   some recognitions and some celebrations 
and tonight's a special night we have   the secretary from the Florida Department of 
Transportation here Mr Jared Purdue Mr Purdue if you'll hold that out to the audience and 
we're going to uh I'll read the proclamation   and we're going to then bring your family up 
and get a picture with the Commission in the   background whereas Jared Purdue has served 
the Florida Department of Transportation   since 2004 starting his public service journey 
in the professional engineer training program   with District 3 and whereas the completion of this 
program and his passion for serving the people of   Florida kickstarted his career secretary Purdue's 
various leadership roles have touched nearly every   aspect of the state's transportation system and 
the communities served and whereas secretary   Purdue has played integral roles in the areas of 
development and operations holding positions as   District geotechnical engineer District traffic 
operations engineer and District design engineer   his vast experience includes various modes 
of transportation such as multi-use trails   and serving as CEO of SunRail and whereas on April 
7th 2022 Governor Ronda santis named him Secretary   of the Florida Department of Transportation 
in this role secretary Purdue oversees the   agency's statutory responsibility of ordinating 
the planning and development of a safe viable   and balanced transportation system throughout 
all regions of the great state of Florida and   whereas the completion of the Ormond Beach A1A 
pedestrian crosswalks project under secretary   Purdue leadership stands as a testament to the 
successful outcome achieved through vision and   collaboration Ormond Beach and its visitors 
are the benefactors of enhanced safety and   accessibility of public spaces and whereas 
secretary Purdue leadership has been a guiding   force in fdot's moving Florida forward program 
which will make improvements to Transportation   efficiency and safety for Generations through 
projects such as the I95 and US1 interchange   in Ormond Beach now therefore based on all that 
I bill Partington mayor of the city of Ormond   Beach on behalf of our entire commission do 
hereby Proclaim today June 4th 2024 as a day   to celebrate Jared W Purdue PE and urge all 
residents to join in expressing appreciation   for his unwavering commitment to keeping 
Florida safe and prosperous congratulations wait wait this is the part where I say 
but wait there's more if I can get it out it's my honor uh secretary to present you with   a key to the city of Ormond Beach to 
go with your Proclamation thank you all right just with us okay we'll have the family come on up got littley dad gets the big key thank you thank you there you go great stuff and the family the family makes 
it all work family is so important we're   going to ask secretary Purdue to just 
say a few words yeah thank you so much   mayor Partington um we have over the last 
several years made communities the focus   and centerpiece of everything that we do in 
transportation um as you can hear through   you know the proclamation I'm personally very 
passionate about it I'm surrounded by amazing   people day in and day out that are that share 
the same passion um the district secretary and   one of his directors is here tonight um I'm 
tremendously honored for this recognition and   I was just telling a few people that you know we 
don't hear thank you a lot but it means a lot to   me personally just simply to hear thank you from 
one of the communities that we serve because we   do love what we do we are very passionate about 
it and one of the things that I like to really   highlight day in and day out relationships and 
Partnerships are the key to everything that we   do and you have an amazing team here at the city 
of Ormond Beach mayor Partington has been been a   tremendous partner the city commission has been 
very supportive of transportation and Joyce um   has a tremendous partnership with do and the 
relationship she's been able to build with not   only me but the whole team at do to actually get 
things done has been tremendous and so I'll just   end with this and encourage all of you please 
continue to be advocates for the things that   you need and the things that you want it takes all 
of us working together to be successful thank you all right now if principal Harris could come 
up and a young lady named ZZ Nichols ZZ   and also Mrs lemon got some great uh 
presentations and proclamations here I'm good H are good they so sweet all right it's easy you're 
not going to have enough hands than and there's uh a coin here hear a challenge 
coin from the police chief Jesse Godfrey for ZZ   and also from Chief Bailey a challenge coin from 
the fire department and I'm going to read uh the   proclamation here two of them just to let you know 
the incredible things that these folks did and uh   we'll start with McKenzie affectionately known as 
ZZ it's with great honor and appreciation that we   recognize McKenzie Nichols affectionately known 
as ZZ for her remarkable composure and Swift   response to a recent tragic accident and whereas 
on May 1st 2024 ZZ a CPR certified student of the   Seabreeze Allied Health Academy and an upcoming senior 
 High School demonstrated extraordinary calm and   quick thinking when confronted with a devastating 
accident on A1A between Harvard Drive and Milsap   rad Road ZZ a bystander Came Upon the scene 
ahead of the dispatched First Responders and   whereas despite the chaos of the situation ZZ 
exhibited exceptional composure and Courage by   immediately offering CPR and assistance to the 
accident victims her involvement in the May 1st   incident was not her first time rendering Aid ZZ 
helped First Responders during another emergency   earlier this year when she encountered a car 
crash involving a motorcycle and whereas zz's   actions not only reflect her personal integrity 
and dedication to the principles of medical   service but also serve as a testament to the 
effectiveness of Seabreeze high school's Allied Health   Academy Knowledge and Skills acquired through the 
program have equipped ZZ to respond effectively   to these emergency situations and whereas ZZ 
will be employed as a lifeguard during the   upcoming summer and aspires to pursue a career 
in emergency medicine upon her graduation 25   now therefore I bill Partington mayor of the city 
of Ormond Beach on behalf of our entire commission   do hereby Proclaim June 4th 2024 as a day to 
commend McKenzie Nichols for her outstanding   display of composure and courage during these 
emergency response situations congratulations all right oh we're gonna yeah we've got one 
more then we'll uh here's what's going to   happen we've got one more one more Proclamation 
uh I'm going to let Mr Harris say a few words   because it's through his efforts that uh this 
Academy continues to exist at Seabreeze and is doing   amazing things uh along with Miss with Mrs L 
lemon and then uh then we'll get pictures so   right now Kelly lemon and the seab breze Allied 
Health Academy Proclamation whereas we proudly   commend the Seabreeze Allied Health Academy for its 
commitment to Excellence in healthcare education   and the advancement of Allied Health Professions 
under the dedicated leadership of Kelly lemon who   serves as the academy director and head athletic 
trainer and whereas through a meticulously planned   curriculum students are provided the opportunity 
to learn and get hands on experience with Allied   Health Professions students complete coursework 
related to foundational medical skills and   services as well as Comprehensive Health Science 
anatomy and physiology each level of the academy   equips them with the knowledge skills and Real 
World Experience essential for thriving in the   healthcare industry and whereas at the heart 
of the Academy's Mission lies the invaluable   opportunity for students to immerse themselves 
in the Practical realities of Healthcare through   extensive OB obervation hours and guidance of 
seasoned professionals students gain firsthand   insights into the multifaceted nature of Allied 
Health Professions whereas upon completion of the   Academy students emerge as poised and capable 
graduates and leaders ready to make meaningful   contributions to the health Care community 
and whereas today we celebrate the seab breeze   Allied Health Academy under the guidance of car 
lemon for the past 5 years as the academy is a   shining example of the transformative power 
of education and the Limitless potential of   tomorrow's health Care Professionals now 
therefore I Bill Partington mayor of the city of Ormond   beach on behalf of the entire commission to 
hereby Proclaim June 4th 2024 as a day to   celebrate Kelly lemon and the Seabreeze academy and 
the contributions both Mrs lemon and the academy   make towards the betterment of the health Care 
profession and our community congratulations good evening everyone um I'm just honored to be 
up here as principle or number one servant of   Seabreeze's High School um as a leader it's important 
to have the confidence to surround yourself   with those who are smarter more effective better 
in all categories and I'm I'm proud to say that   um sitting at the table is Kelly lemon who leads 
the Allied Health Program I'm taking no credit   for this I walked into this program I've only 
been at Seabreeze for two years so that's been there   before me I'm just honored to serve you and um 
the students is and ZZ and the students for me   as principal they asked me how it felt our goal 
is to prepare for the next phase and learning   the goal of learning is to take conceptual you 
know ideas or skills and then apply them into   the real world setting be it post um second you 
know at secondary education so to see it um when   I walked to her and I didn't even know she was 
in the mess you know she stands up and starts   and I'm like that's that's my ZZ in there you 
know and um once we cleared and made sure those   students were involved um as I said in the 
paper I tried to get her to go back with me   and I took some kids back who were watching but 
she was hands on literally and she asked I just   remember saying Mr AR can I stay and I said 
absolutely I said I'll Excuse excuse you from   first period and she's sounds good and I took 
the kids back and she stayed and assisted and   um she just did an amazing job so thank you Miss 
lemon for preparing her and ZZ thank you for   repping the sand crab Nation um so well and making 
us so proud so thank you  up thank you principal Harris and we're going 
to get a picture I want to thank uh Matt   Coleman for letting me know about this 
and then also the stories of people in   our community now who are uh becoming doctors 
who are nurses because they went through your   program it's just incredible the impact 
that you've already had and continue to   have so come on over a little bit we'll 
get centered here and take some pictures all right J I take these take these 
thanks guys great job thank you all right like I said it is an exceptional night 
with uh really some wonderful presentations and   we're not going to stop our next uh presenter is 
Lois paritzky mayor of the city of Ponce Inlet and   uh she is also president of the Volusia League 
of cities she has done an amazing job for our   community and uh Lois I'm going to hand it off to 
you thank you mayor good evening everyone thank   you so much for the opportunity of speaking with 
you this evening as mayor partington has said um   my name is Lois paritzky I am the mayor of the 
town of Ponce Inlet and I'm honored to serve as the   president of the Volusia league of cities and 
this evening I just want to speak speak very   briefly about the Volusia Legue of cities the role 
and the mission and I'm fully aware that we   have participating members and right here mayor 
Partington is a past president he's a member of   the board of directors but I think it's still 
very important that um we consistently look at   the work that is done and that we continue in our 
mission and what I'd like you to do is remember   back to when you decided to enter into public 
life you made a decision for some reason whether   it was because you wanted to bring something to 
fruition maybe you wanted to stop something that   was occurring you had ideas you had opinions you 
wanted to serve your community now the league is   a resource and I would like you to see that what 
the league has to offer aligns with the needs of   you helping your residents and being the most 
effective Advocate that you could possibly be   now the league itself as you know um all the 
cities in Volusia County belong to the league   and together we are a collective Force if you 
will um of Advocates at the county state and   federal level and the league itself and I'm sure 
you're familiar with it the structure is is we   have a board of directors it's chartered we have 
11 directors and we have of course an executive   director Karen Allen who runs it beautifully as 
you often um have the front foro seat to her work   now the board itself meets by by monthly and 
the board will have dinner meetings there is   an agenda and what is on the agenda well what's 
on the agenda us is actually working through our   goal helping our goal what is our goal we are 
elevating advocacy we're elevating advocacy to   show in Tallahassee what locally elected officials 
can do in order order to benefit their residents   and we do that through workshops we do it through 
educational programs you know we have our form 6   uh Workshop we had an appropriation education from 
representative leak at a round table last year and   we host the in-person mandatory ethics um and in 
2023 we implemented a mentorship program that is a   very very popular program where the more seasoned 
elected officials work with a newly elected just   to be there to help and it it turns out that 
both the mentor and the mentee gain so much   from that program we also established a local 
advocacy committee and with that committee what   we do is we will address something that is more 
local in nature uh such as in this in the past uh   year we worked on the live local act with dealt 
with affordable housing so we want to make this   optimal environment we want to be able to help 
you when you speak with the legislators that   you know often times we know we're not going 
to defeat a bill we're not going to stop the   bill but what we can do is help modify the bill we 
can help amend the bill and we do it by bringing   local data to the legislators and this year we 
had a very strong presence uh through the Volusia   league during legislative action days we had 23 
representatives from the Volusia League of cities up   in Tallahassee and our presence was felt it was a 
very strong presence we had a strong voice there   but we are only as good as our members and what 
I want to leave you with is that the League's   commitment to escalate our advocacy is there 
for helping you with an a foundation to help   your residents so uh that is what I came to share 
with you and I'm not sure mayor Partington as a   member of the board is there anything that you 
would like to perhaps add to that I would just   say that uh both you and Mayor Miller have done an 
amazing job the last few years really creating a   infrastructure for advocacy that is second to none 
and that has has and will continue to benefit not   only Ormond Beach but all of Volusia County moving 
into the future so I want to thank you for that   the incredible work you've done it's not easy uh 
but things like the mentorship program program   things like the bimonthly meeting the fact that I 
can't talk to any of these folks up here because   of the sunshine outside of a publicly advertised 
meeting that complies with all the other rules   involving Sunshine but I can talk to a Ponce Inlet 
council member I can talk to my  who was the new   Smyrna beach mayor about issues that are similar 
that we're experiencing but we're not going   to vote together on those items so there is no 
sunshine obligation and uh we can learn from each   other this is how they attacked that particular 
issue and it worked well for them I take I learn   a couple things take it with me tell I tell them 
how we handled certain things they take it with   them and it's really just been wonderful 
uh communication and collaboration I think   are the cornerstones of what you've what you've 
instilled in everybody and so I thank you thank   you for that and thank you for being here tonight 
to uh impress that upon the rest of the board well   I thank you so much I thank you for the time and 
I'm most appreciative thank Youk any questions all right now uh this is a special night because 
it is the Citizens Academy graduation evening   here in Ormond Beach and uh I'm going to start 
this presentation with a few words from Joyce   Shanahan our city manager thank you Mr Mayor 
um we are quite um proud of um um this was a   strategic initiative uh the commission uh tasked 
us with this year and um thanks to Susan Dauderis and   uh Justin Isaacs they took it off and hit 
the ground running um from start to finish   the individuals created an interesting and fun 
presentations through all of the city departments   the inaugural Citizens Academy had a cohort of 20 
individuals not everyone a was able to make it at   every evening it was a six six week program 
that met on Thursdays for two hours which is   a perfect groupsize um to visit and tour various 
departments sessions consisted of presentations   demonstrations tours and activities we will offer 
each we will offer our Citizens Academy um on an   annual basis and I think we already have three 
people on the waiting list for next year this   was a wonderful um opportunity I had a chance 
to go to almost all of them but um really I'd   like to give a round of applause to Susan Dauderis 
and Justin Isaacs for their hard work on this program thank you uh city manager Shanahan 
and I I was able to go to the first one it   was fantastic and they've been through 
so many other sessions since then you're   better citizens now than you were when 
you're started which is incredible and   we thank you for your participation 
thank you to Deputy Mayor Briley for   uh pushing this program I told them it was the 
right time other people have pushed for it before   but it finally happened the right people were in 
the right places and uh staff made it happen so   thank you Deputy Mayor bryley and now uh I'm going 
to call each person up to get their certificate   and then you are directed to exit through 
the side doors and I don't want to cause a   a stampede but there is cake in the atrium so it 
looks good I can see it from here all right Gary Allyn you want to stay up here for a 
group photo okay Gary stay up here for   a group photo and then we'll excuse you 
all at one time for the cake Natasha Ares William Ashmore Barbara Bonnarigo Jo Dyke Lance Hinds good job Jason Leslie God John Mahoney Khrysten Martino Britney Miller okay Ellen Rabin Phil Reingowsky Patricia Scuteri and Robert Scuteri Lisa Toro congratulations Ruth Trychel congrat you and last 
but not least Darla Widnall if we can get centered maybe a little 
better I don't know we might need two rows my to s congratulations congratulations 
congratulations congratulations congratulations All Right audience remarks uh this time we 
will hear from those of you who have signed   a card to speak about any item which is uh 
not on the printed agenda for this meeting   the city commission has adopted a policy of a 
three minute time limit for each speaker if you   would uh direct your comments to me the commission 
will not respond uh to comments uh if they do have   anything to respond it would 
be at the end of the meeting   during their commissioner comment 
time and tonight we start with Tom Verna good evening and thank you for uh allowing 
me to address the commission I'd like to raise   an issue that uh commissioner Sergeant raised in 
a previous meeting regarding the Riverbend Golf   course um currently Ormond Beach does not have a 
golf course uh the closest golf courses are in   uh Palm Coast or Bunnell and uh I think the city 
would benefit and citizens would benefit from   having a local Golf Course once again uh and I 
think Riverbend is the perfect venue and I would   app appreciate having this issue raised as an 
agenda item by the city commission thank you thank you D Smith followed by Cheryl burnson I'm calling I 
mean my name is Donna Smith I live in uh Ormond   and I am here to speak for my husband and all his 
golfing friends they have been mourning since um   the riverband was closed and it just sits there 
and the weeds grow and it is a terrible waste   of a beautiful piece of property which I think 
can benefit this city if they could just offer   the property up for bid to somebody who might 
have the wherewithal and the desire to see the   the um Riverbend Golf Course reopen I read in 
somewhere that it cost $8 million it would cost   to repair it but then I read that that was an 
incorrect statement $8 million is what it cost   the Eddie Corporation when they first built 
that golf course in 1991 we moved here in   1993 there were two golf courses available to 
my husband to golf there was the one at Tomoka   Oaks and the Riverbend he went to Tomoka Oaks for 
a while and then found Riverbend and he fell in   love with it and so did his golfing friends and 
um it was a definite benefit the mayor of uh the   city the League of cities that just spoke mayor 
paritzky she said that her job and all the what   they were trying to achieve was advocacy for your 
citizens and I believe that if you allow people to   get up and not and have an have an item on the 
agenda that they can plead for that would be a   benefit of advoc advocacy to your constituents 
that's all I wanted to say thank you thank you Cheryl burnson followed by David 
juhl hi my name is Cheryl Bernson   and I live on North Halifax Drive 
last week my neighbor was hit by   a car and she didn't survive she was just 
crossing the street in front of her house   um I didn't see what happened but I heard the 
impact from inside my house and it was so loud   it I it it was like two cars hitting each other 
and she was hit with such force her shoes fell off the driver of the car was not 
impaired I'm sure he was driving   the speed limit the problem in my mind is 
that the speed limit is just too fast for   that a residential street I I understand 
it's a pass through for a lot of people   but I guarantee that the driver of 
that car which is he had been able to stop so I'm requesting an evaluation for a lower 
speed limit for North Halifax double yellow lines   so that people can't pass someone who they think 
might be going too slowly and a four-way stop on Amstead um I'm not what the process is to do 
this I would welcome um some guidance on what   I can do to push this forward if I need to 
get petition signed I'm happy to do that I   know I have support from my neighbors 
um I did reach out to the engineering   department of the city and they said that 
they would do an evaluation once the police   report came out which I guess is going to 
be in a couple of weeks um and I'm just   asking for the support of this committee 
thank you thank you for the time thank you David juhl followed by Klaus liedtke David juhl 2040 Tony Street Ormond Beach 
thank you for letting me speak tonight I'm sure   most of you remember who I am I had a big long 
speech all planned for tonight to probably use   20 minutes to a half follow I decided to cut back 
I've learned a lot about Grover Branch Creek since   uh we started the developments over in my area 
I'm not happy with some of the decisions that   have been made most of you are aware of that I did 
learn over the weekend where Grover Branch Creek   starts out where the water comes from and where 
it goes I didn't realize that it comes right off   of the badier tank farm crosses the street over 
into the athletic fields follows down Timothy   Street cuts across behind there and it follows 
down pinland Trails it comes out down on a piece   of property owned by the I believe it's by Ormond 
Beach where they're building a new road that comes   out of the industrial park and come over to 
Pineland trails from there it crosses across   Pineland Trails goes underneath I95 where it 
goes underneath Timber Creek Road it skirts along   Durance up by my friend's house uh West Burnside 
that lives up there almost on the corner of leeway   it makes a turn and it goes all the way down where 
it enters into the new tatter saw project and   then it goes across the Street Timber Creek and 
continues down around and over Airport Road and   that's where we've got problems no maintenance has 
ever been done there I've been here for 12 11 to   12 years I've never seen anything done neighbors 
say nothing has been maintained in that area   for 20 plus years last week I furnished the uh 
commission here with an article from the Florida   barj hopefully some of you have had a chance to 
look at it I spoke with a co-author yesterday from   West Palm Beach lesie Cen and she explained to 
me a little bit about it and she had great regret   that Lee waren wrote it is no longer with us so 
he couldn't comment on it I would suggest if you   haven't or if you haven't read it read it adopt 
some of the rules uh that is in there it's very   beneficial to everybody Lee waram if you look up 
his obituary you'll find that what is in that bar   Journal document is but a smidgen of what this man 
did he is very accomplished thank you thank you D Klaus liedtke followed by Sheila 
Lind or light key I'm sorry good evening   thanks for the opportunity I don't 
like to sound like a broken record   but I like to bring up riverband as well 
and not just making comments but also ask   questions why did the city decide in 2020 not 
to have a bid out as is for riverband golf   course and now in 2024 why does the city 
still decides not to have the golf court   out for as is bit I believe if we would have 
today a referendum and ask the citizens of all   Beach to protect Green Field like or riverband 
Golf Course to protect that area and if we ask the   citizens in a referendum if they prefer riverband 
Golf Course to be reopen or spending and wasting   money on Airport that loses money I believe 
we all here know what the answer will be the   citizens of Ormond Beach prefer the golf course 
any day over the airport thank you thank you Sheila Lind followed by Barb Moore hi Sheil Lyn I'm a resident of Bear Creek 
Village um there is an interest in putting the   Riverbend Golf Course out for and as is Bid via 
an RFP for potential new leasy um a little over   a year ago Bear Creek was purchased by Co 
community communities I spoke with Bear   Creek leadership about the Riverbend Golf Course 
property they in turn spoke with Cove corporate   they may be interested in the land but they need 
more information here's the property manager for   Bear Creek I'd like to give you this business card 
I'll give it turn Susan will take it um so I'm   all for growth but it has to be smart growth 
it has to be balanced growth um to have that   land empty right now there's an opportunity there 
for smart growth with the F fuel Farm proposal um   half a mile down the road there is over 60 homes 
per sale in Bear Creek and that's directly related   to the we don't know what's going to happen with 
that situation so we're we're not going to hurry   up and buy into Bear Creek if you put the golf 
course there I guarantee you these sales would   happen because it would be an incentive for 
people to come and live and be residents and be   taxpayers and contribute it would offset maybe 
that potential eyesore down the road um even a   ninole I mean I'm not a great golfer but I'll go 
do nine holes so um personally I would like for   you guys to really think about the roads through 
that area when you leave Bear Creek and you go   out Hall Road if you make a left to go towards the 
airport and the sports complex you get stuck you   have to go around and turn and turn and turn there 
there's no way to get out of that sports complex   that does not take you back out to Route One and 
the railroad tracks I'd like to see more roads   to connect Bear Creek and the sports complex and 
the airport to more exits once that railroad is   now functioning and Hauling Fuel and a potential 
disaster situation it'd be nice to have another   way to evacuate the 1100 senior citizens that 
are in that retirement community so minimally   think about the roads in that area and what 
you guys are going to do with that thank thank you Barb Moor followed by Connie Colby good evening mayor Partington and City 
commissioners my name is Barb Moor and I pray   God's Mighty hand and blessing over this meeting 
tonight uh we are here to let you know uh let   the commission know that there is interest in 
putting Riverbend Golf Court out for RFP with   an Asis stipulation for a potential new lesie I 
have always wondered why the golf course closed   in December of 2020 and why we didn't put out 
for an Asis proposal then um so somebody could   take it over immediately and care for the place 
um costing nothing with the city and why now are   we not putting it out as as is for Riverbend um 
with the new land use plan still it would cost   the city nothing but make money for the airport 
the letter that was dated February 9th 2021 from   the FAA never said that it was not able to have 
another lease um the 2024 FAA land use guidelines   have no problems with Riverbend Golf Course 
um then and they still don't have any now with   the latest guidelines it makes no sense that it 
wasn't put out for bid at that time so it appears   possibly that the golf course was closed only to 
extend a Runway through three holes of the back   nine also last meeting when it was said that golf 
basically was uh no longer relevant um one would   be astonished by the national golf foundation's 
golf research and demographics the ngf has over   85 years of experience they've been opened since 
1936 and they keep a tab on every golf course   in the United States and their article says that 
at the end of 2023 just what five six months ago   there were nearly 16,000 golf courses in 
the United States that's more golf courses   Nationwide than Starbucks or McDonalds the 
ngf went on to say that there has been a   record 3.4 million who played on a golf course 
for the first time in 2023 that's huge because   when Tiger Woods was playing um back at his 
height um in 2000 there was only there was   2.4 million new golfers then so um with 3.4 
million just this last year that's huge huge   um and even more surprising is that there have 
been 10 straight years of astonishing growth   with more than 2 million beginners and with 
the four last four years each were topping 3   million new golfers so with these explosive new 
golfers these last four years especially keep in   mind that these were nearly the same four years 
that Riverbend has been closed and claimed that   basically that it was a dying sport yet 
reputable stats show that golfing is not   a past time take a look at the villages here in 
Florida they have 38 executive golf courses 12   Immaculate Championship courses and four practice 
facilities it appears that there is relevancy to   playing golf so uh we just request the commission 
hold off on thank you good evening yep thank you Barbara Connie Colby followed by doyle Lewis I'll try not to repeat too much um first 
of all I want to thank the people who helped out   in my neighborhood this past week when we had 
a lot of disruption especially Sean and Lori   and Susan I appreciate that um there must be 
a way for the golf course and the airport to   coexist and make peace in this town the Riverbend 
Golf Course was a great asset to the city Ormond   beach it was always busy and provided a public 
purpose for our residents visit visitors and   businesses much business does happen on the 
19th Hole um the golf course provided much   needed income for the golf course FAA does not 
forbid golf courses in these areas the cities   of New Smyrna Port Orange and Daytona Beach all 
successfully operate public golf courses other   City courses offer kids an opportunity to learn 
the sport our kids don't have that opportunity um the residents of Orman Beach should not 
expect less for their City Golf while it may   have slowed down during Covid is not dead the 
local courses are crowded with weight tea   times AA golf course in Okala was closed 
in 2018 it just reopened this year Stony   Brook West and Winter Garden closed in 
2018 and it reopened in 2023 Riverbend   was an affordable public golf course we'd 
like to know how they accomplished being reopened um when we moved here full time in 
2004 we had a great public golf course which   I appreciated my husband being able 
to use we never thought to ask if we   had an airport or a business park um I don't 
know too many other people that really asked   that com that for that information when 
they move here thank you thank you con Doyle Lewis followed by Melissa Lammers good evening commission Mr Mayor 
good evening my name is Doyle Lewis I'm   a homeless man that rides a bicycle and 
I use that bicycle to trans transfer all   way around to all the stores all the parks and to 
work I'm having another issue with transportation   and parking because I also use the bicycle and the 
buses and I leave the bike when I go to the store   sometimes or when I go to the um library to study 
or go to school to do a class there's somebody   actually putting notes on my bicycle on a bicycle 
rack and I don't know who it is I don't know why   they're doing it but just thought I'd bring it 
to the attention of the commission it's a bicycle rack I don't get it so just thought I'd 
bring that to you it's at the library   when I go to the library or I go to the 
store and I leave it at the library from   studying at the library or I go to 
the river and walk so I usually do   that regularly I just wanted to bring it to 
your attention thank you very much thank you Melissa Lammers followed by sang Roberson good 
evening Mr Mayor Commissioners I'm Melissa   Lamers ten Mysteria Drive Ormond Beach Florida 
I'm on the board of Halifax River Audobon and   of Audobon Florida I'm a member of the Florida 
Native Plant Society Audobon chapter and I also   chair Volusia County's environmental and natural 
resources advisory committee because I just love   viewing ordinances tonight I represent Halifax 
River Audobon we envision a community where people   and Wildlife Thrive so for the past seven years 
I've been giving talks about the vital role of   Florida native plants to birds you've heard the 
saying Canary and the coal mine the miners took   the birds in there because they would detect 
lethal carbon monoxide gas the birds would die   before the gas affected the miners and they could 
escape to safety today birds are warning us about   our future since 1970 North America has lost 
nearly 3 billion Birds almost 30% habitat loss   is a major cause made worse by how we landscape 
after Building Development practices typically   remove all the native vegetation that provided 
food and shelter for birds and other wildlife and   replace it with turf grass a few shrubs non-native 
shrubs and maybe a tree or two not only have Birds   lost places to to escape and hide from predators 
they've also lost places to nest and worse they've   lost the food source for their chicks that is 
needed for them to fledge that's protein in the   form of insects we're losing insects because 
generally they don't eat non-native plants so   there's less and less food for baby birds the 
cycle is perpetuated because developers set the   standards for landscaping and then deed those over 
to homeowners associations tonight you're kicking   off an important discussion about your land 
develop codes pertaining to Landscaping most local   ordinances focus on water conservation and you're 
required to follow Volusia County's 24 water-wise   ordinance which deals with irrigation systems 
and encourages Florida friendly landscaping water   conservation and Florida friendly Landscaping are 
good but they're not good enough they won't lead   us to a future where people and Wildlife Thrive 
these outdated ordinances are like my car it's   a 2005 model it runs is great but it doesn't 
have all the modern safety features and that's   a reason to replace it your agenda to packet 
talks about a need for balance between native   and Xeric plants most Florida native plants are 
Xeric over Millennia they've adapted to Florida's   cycles of wet and dry seasons with the added 
benefit of not needing fertilizer pesticides   or herbicides that pollute our water what could 
be more Florida friendly the real threat that   birds are warning us about is the damage we're 
doing to the food web we all depend on on the   loss of native plants and insects and dangerous 
food sources up and down including us we have   to change the landscape the way we landscape in 
our own yards and Municipal spaces thank you very much sang Roberson followed by Suzanne or Susie schaffer good evening and um Commissioners my name 
is sang Robertson I live at 19 Orchard Lane across   the bridge I've lived in Ormond for 51 years and 
it's a treat to come before you tonight to talk   about something I love native plants um a very 
long time ago Ponce de Leon came from Spain and   discovered Florida and he named it Florida which 
means in Spanish a flowery Place well since that   time time and at that time mother nature had a 
great plan in place uh she had grown the right   plants to attract the right insects who munched 
on them and lived in them and raised their babies   in them and then the birds came and followed 
that same cycle and and this was true for all   animals and  birds and insects everything was 
in a cycle and we didn't there were no plants   from China thrown in for uh Birds to try trying to 
figure out what to eat or the insects figure out   what to match on but anyway um this balance was 
it perfect until more and more of us discovered   Florida and we came in and what did we do we cut 
down the native plant the native trees the plants   the bushes and we put in lawns well Lawns uh Turf 
uh Turf Lawns serve no no ecological purpose at   all they look pretty they gobble up water which 
we're running out of they require fertilizers   which drain into the river they require 
insecticides which kill the bugs that that   belong here so this idea of planting more native 
plants in Ormond Beach that's been introduced   by commissioner Tolland is a wonderful idea and 
it's one I'm um wholeheartedly behind so here   we are today with unparalleled growth and clear 
cutting uh the last of our undeveloped but still   native land we have unwittingly and I include 
myself in this we we have landscaped our   city with Home Depots and Lowe's plants and most 
of them are not native you as a commission have   shown or the past commission showed and I believe 
you will too that that you have a willingness to   co-sponsor or to sponsor bringing back the 
Natural Balance of Ormond Beach and making us   a leader in reestablishing Native PL plants 
for our Birds animals possums raccoons you   name it thank you all for your time and thank 
commissioner Tolland for bringing this up thank you Susie schaffer followed by Leslie Nixon I try better stepping up here hi my name is 
Susie schaffer and I'm with the pawpaw chapter   of the Native Plant Society and thank you 
very much for considering revising one of   the ordinances uh that might open up the 
door for more native plants um over the   past year I've been very involved 
with the regrow the loop effort uh   started by the county and one of the 
uh former City commissioners here um paa is part of the Native Plant Society of 
Florida the Florida Native Plant Society is   part of the Native Plant Society of the 
United States this is something that's   a a movement that's been um growing across the 
country and you're reading more and more about   native plants being used in landscaping in the 
National media and in our state media as well   now my role with the Native Plant Society is 
fairly simple I'm the librarian who knew that   we had who knew that we had a library right it 
comes to each our meetings and uh we'd like to   invite the city commission to come to one of our 
meetings and you can even come to it on zoom and   uh I came here to uh support what you're hearing 
from Melissa what you just heard from s and what   you'll be hearing from several other people this 
evening and I would like to uh also bring a gift   to you and the gift is some information about 
native plants and uh I have I have a packet   for each one of you including a a nice book that 
came out from the Wildlife Foundation of Florida   and I'd like you to take a look at it and see 
what you think um the native plant society's   mainly were started to restore our night natural 
habitat but we can't restore what's being taken   away fast enough to buy enough areas to become 
national parks the New Movement is Landscaping   within uh municipalities government property 
and also in people's neighborhoods and their   Landscapes and that's what we're talking about is 
getting the native plants back giving back to the   nature what nature had here before we tore it up 
thank you very much for your time appreciate it yep Leslie Nixon followed by Jake stehr my name is Leslie Nixon my address is 
864 South Beach Street I'm a past president   of the pawpa chapter of the Florida Native Plant 
Society and a Master Gardener in Volusia County I   have three points I'd like to make regarding the 
Ormond Beach Land Development code one the code   mentions a preference for Xeric plants Florida is 
not a Xeric environment we do not live in Arizona   according to Florida friendly Landscaping quote 
Xeric scaping and Florida friendly Landscaping   are very different concepts designed for very 
different climates because Xeric scape was developed   for Aid climates that receive minimal rainfall it 
is inappropriate for our unique Florida climate   which can include extreme wet or dry conditions 
unquote I recommend you replace the term Xeric   in your documents with drought tolerant not 
non-native it's a mouthful but it's more   appropriate for a geographic location Point number 
two we are not advocating 100% native Florida   plantings in Ormond Beach none of us in the paa 
chapter have 100% native yards we all retain our   own handful of non-native non-invasive plants that 
appeal to us we would like to recommend that the   code requires more than 50% natives though perhaps 
75% the reasons are outlined in point point three   three the benefits of native plants go far beyond 
their drought tolerance native plants rarely need   fertilizer they are adapted to our Sandy infertile 
soil this saves money and the environment native   plants rarely need pesticides they have evolved 
with Native insects and are used used to being   chewed on they will survive they also attract more 
pest Predators insects that prey on harmful ones   this saves money and the environment native 
wild flowers are either perennials or annuals   that reced themselves meaning that they resprout 
and flower every year without you having going to   The Big Box store and replace them as you do 
with non-native annuals this saves money and   and the environment native plants have deeper 
root systems than non-native so they naturally   absorb more storm water and reduce runoff 
this saves water in the environment finally   native plants are preferred by Wildlife 
over non-native plants native plants and   Native an animals evolve together over eons to 
create tight relationships where each species   depends on the other migrating birds rely on high 
calorie berries on their long Journeys non-native   berries have been shown to be less nutritious 
this saves money think tourist dollars and the   environment I will conclude with another quote 
from the University of Florida native plants   help to restore Regional Landscapes they are 
the best species adapted to local conditions   that thrive with the least care and create 
a sense of place speaking of University of   Florida the POA chapter would like to invite 
the commission Mission and the mayor and the   city manager to our next meeting via zoom on 
Monday June 10th at 700 p.m. our speaker will   be from the University of Florida will be talking 
about his native plant nursery thank you thank you Jake stehr followed by Pam Novy Jake Stehr 751 
Lenwood Circle um I guess I have get to follow   you know a passionate group of individuals 
who've had the privilege of working with on   multiple occasions uh you know and I think this is 
an important opportunity for the city to uh fall   along with Market changes that are happening 
especially in Central Florida um and I think   there's a possibility that you can incentivize 
developers in town to adopt these um so that way   we can fost so that way it brings them together 
to create the or of the future that has this   habitat and the valuable natural resources you 
know ecological services in a way that brings   them along as partners uh not necessarily ways 
that hold them captive to the code and I think   that's a you know a positive outcome of what 
this discussion could hold thank you thank you Pamela Novy followed by Alan Burton good 
evening mayor Partington and Commissioners my name   is Pamela Novy 26 Carriage Creek Way Ormond Beach 
I applaud commissioner Tolland for her interest in   native plants as the preferred land landcaping 
choice in all areas in our city residential   commercial and City properties over the past 
few years I've observed more and more native   plantings through various States as my husband and 
I have made several trips from Florida Illinois   and to Illinois to see family many cities and 
states are devoting land median strips and city   parks to planning of natives in Florida cities 
such as Santa Bell boar Raton Fort Meers uh be   and sunrise among others are all exploring the use 
of public land to encourage native plants as well   as encouraging citizens to plant them the reasons 
for the Awakening interest in natives are many   among them are it saves money they are beautiful 
and grow well without fertilization require   minimal watering and eliminate the need to apply 
chemicals native plants support biodiversity and   provide food and shelter for Native insects birds 
and other wild life in Orman we've already started   our journey with the establishment of vadner Park 
a partnership with the Garden Club of Halifax   Country let's make our city a place of beauty 
that people seek out my own yard my husband's   yard in mine is in Breakaway trails and 90% of 
it is landscaped now in native plants and trees   I was uncertain whether the homeowners association 
would accept it but we've only gotten compliments   and it's going very well we no no longer 
water a useless lawn water only to establish   new plantings we do not spray with chemicals 
and we no longer need to fertilize I would   love to see our city offer incentives for 
citizens to do more Landscaping like this   we need to reverse the trend of destroying 
our natural landscape and instead nurture   it thank you for listening and thank you 
commissioner Tolland for doing the right thing Alan Burton Alan Burton 915 Shore Boulevard 
I've been a resident of Ormond Beach since last   century I appreciate I appreciate all you here 
tonight Mr Mayor and the city commission and the   continuity that I have known for people that have 
served the city for more than 30 years and I also   so really appreciate the the commitment to the 
people I have come on contact with during regrow   the loop they're really fantastic people and it 
just um it just reminds me that I I do Express a   appreciation for those hearts as well but when I 
was a little younger and more insane I was a chief   administrative officer for a city size of 
Ormond Beach and then during that time we put   together the first Paramedic program in western 
suburbs of Chicago we also had the greatest water   conservation program in the state of Illinois we 
went from 45% water loss to five and the only city   that beat us was the city of Chicago and they 
had zero water loss and the other one is that   we put together an urban forestry program we had 
over 50,000 trees in the city and we managed them   and so I would just suggest to you that you're 
overarching plans or policies that drive the city   and encourage people to share the type of values 
that have been shared tonight is is I think the   path you want to go and I was told that the best 
way to to describe a um a native plant is through   the bell-shaped curve come on you know you know 
the mayor was talking about statistics well you   you need to get into statistics and I can do 
that but I would say that those benefits that   the previous presenters made was that they were 
moving from here to the green they were being the   benefit and showing good stuff for the city as 
opposed to the negative negative areas you can   do it do policy and when you start moving that 
direction you can do great things not only today   but in the future and that I would um also like 
to thank you for taking this consideration for   doing it and that plan plant prune and program put 
together a good plan with an umbrella of policy   and we'll get there not only for us old guys but 
for our grandchildren too and that's who I believe   we really should be serving now and in the future 
thank you Mr Mayor and the city commission thank you all right commission uh the minutes from the 
May 21st 2024 regular City commission meeting have   been sent to the commission for review also posted 
to the city's website any additions deletions or   Corrections move approval second mooving seconded 
all those in favor please say I I posos like sign   we'll show those passing unanimously and move to 
the consent agenda does anyone wish to pull any   item off of the consent agenda Commissioner 
Sargentt yes Mr Mayor I'd like to pull um   item 7s I move approval of the consent agenda 
minus item 7s second we've been seconded please   call the vote commissioner Tolland yes commissioner 
Sargent yes commissioner Persis yes commissioner   Briley yes mayor Partington yes 7s disposition item 
titled requests for proposals property liability   and Workers Compensation Insurance all right uh 
I think commissioner Sargent and commissioner   Tolland probably had statements they wanted to 
make prior to dealing with this uh Mr Mayor as   we've spoke before with this item came before us 
um I work for an insurance company locally that   potentially could bid on this insurance therefore 
I will uh abstain from voting even to send this   out for bid and I will um be submitting my form 
8B to the city clerk um in such manner thank you   Mr Mayor thank you so Mr Mayor I submitted my form 
8B to Susan Dauderis prior to this meeting and I will   be abstaining from this matter because my son 
is emplo employed with an entity that may file   a response to the RF P I've consulted with city 
council and with the Florida Commission on ethics   and it's been recommended that I abstain due to 
the potential conflict of interest perfect and   when you say city council you mean Randy Hayes 
oh I you know I that's what I thought you guys   what are those 8 BS AB form forms you got your 
abs abbs in and uh so commission that's left   that is voting on 7s I don't have any cards just 
need a motion in a second approval for seven for   the item on the consent agenda 7s second moved 
and seconded any questions or further discussion   please call the vote commissioner Persis yes 
commissioner Briley yes mayor Partington yes   and we will move to uh public oh well actually 
let's stop and make sure whether anyone wants   to comment on any of the consent agenda items cause 
now would be the appropriate time and we'll start   with commissioner Persis yes um I was I am very 
excited that um on item I I believe it is 7g um   the parking the the valve I think it's the valve 
actuators we saved $177,000 on a bid I think that   was really good that we we uh were able to save 
a little bit of money for some other important   things and um I'm exciting about the street street 
scape banding repair is going to really wonderful   downtown that's it thank you great oh thank you 
commissioner Sargent thank you Mr Mayor I'd like   to comment on I guess seven ab and C which I know 
we postpone these items regarding the access road   and the development on um the property close to 
pineland Road and I think all that's been addressed   and it's nice to see it moving forward and pineland 
road is on the believe in our Workshop we said the   2728 plan to be repaved curved and made from a 
rural road to a Urban Road thank you um that's   all I have to say Mr Mayor thank you perfect 
y thank you anyone else if not we'll move to   public hearings I'll open the public hearings 
and we'll start with 8A ORDINANCE NO. 2024-09: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF AN INTERLOCAL SERVICE BOUNDARY AGREEMENT, AND A PLANNING AND SERVICES DELIVERY SUB-AGREEMENT, BETWEEN THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH AND COUNTY OF VOLUSIA, FLORIDA, REGARDING THE NORTH U.S. 1 JOINT PLANNING AND MUNICIPAL SERVICE AREA; APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF ITINERANT VENDOR CRITERIA; PROVIDING FOR RECORDATION; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. date this is a second reading of ordinance number 
2024-09 read by title only thank you Susan I don't   have any cards on a move approval second moved 
and seconded any further discussion or questions   please call the vote commissioner Persis yes 
commissioner Briley yes commissioner Tolland   yes commissioner Sargent yes mayor 
Partington yes 8B ORDINANCE NO. 2024-10: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE “FOUNTAIN VIEW, PHASE 1B” SUBDIVISION, SHOWN WITHIN PHASE 1 OF THE PLANTATION OAKS PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS AND EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVAL; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. thank you 
uh another second reading and I don't have   any cards approval second moved and seconded any 
further discussion or questions please call the   vote commissioner Briley yes commissioner 
Tolland yes commissioner Sargent yes   commissioner Persis yes mayor Partington yes 8 
C ORDINANCE NO. 2024-11: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-262, SCHEDULE OF CIVIL FINES, OF DIVISION 3, CLASSIFICATION OF VIOLATIONS AND FINES, OF ARTICLE VII, CODE ENFORCEMENT, OF CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION; SECTION 8-3, LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO BUILDING CODE, OF ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL, OF CHAPTER 8, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS; AND SECTION 8-4.1, RESERVED, OF ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL, OF CHAPTER 8, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, TO IMPLEMENT THE STATE MANDATED MILESTONE INSPECTIONS, REPORTS, AND REPAIRS WITHIN SECTION 553.899 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES FOR CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION BUILDINGS THREE STORIES OR HIGHER; REPEALING ALL INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. parts thereof and setting forth an effective 
date this is the first reading of ordinance   number 2024-11 read by title only thank you 
Susan and uh Steven I would ask you to give   us a brief explanation on this I think it's 
new required by the Florida legislature thank you good evening Steven spraker plan 
director before you tonight is a code of   ordinance amendments um the State of Florida did 
mandate inspections for condominiums or I call   them time shares of Cooperative associations 
buildings that are three stories are higher   they have certain age thresholds um these 
buildings must be inspected by a license design   professional either an engineer or an architect 
employed by the building owners the state statute   mandated local governments administer and 
enforce the mstone inspection process uh we   sent out about uh building staff sent about 
25 letters out notifying building owners of   the state requirements uh we received positive 
feedback and some buildings are already um doing   their Milestone inspections the purposes of the 
Amendments before you tonight is to establish a   fee for the review and the process of reports this 
fee is consistent with what other jurisdiction are   assessing and it also establishes an enforcement 
process U we don't think we're going to need it   but in case a condominium or Tom shareff fails 
to comply with those state requirements we have   an enforcement mechanism to ensure compliance 
staff is recommending approval if there are   any questions thank you any questions for planning 
director Mr Mayor I move approval second seconded   any further discussion please call the vote 
commissioner Tolland yes commissioner Sargent yes   commissioner Persis yes commissioner Briley 
yes mayor Partington yes 8 D ORDINANCE NO. 2024-12: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING CERTAIN UPDATED SCHEDULES TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH UPDATES SHALL TAKE EFFECT; REPEALING ALL INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. of the comprehensive plan amendments are there 
any questions for the planning director I move   approval of ordinance number 2024-12 second 
we've been seconded any further discussion   please call the vote commissioner Sargent 
yes commissioner Persis yes commissioner Briley  yes commissioner Tolland yes mayor 
Partington yes 8e ORDINANCE NO. 2024-13: AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING ONE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, SAID PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1281 NORTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1, VOLUSIA COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 4206-00-00-0030; SETTING FORTH ZONING PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS REGARDING THE PROPERTY; REDEFINING THE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY; REDESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF ZONE 1 OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMISSION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. this 
is the first reading of ordinance number came with a unanimous planning board no didn't 
even have to go the planning board so just makes   Common Sense uh commission any questions of the 
planning director move approval second move and   seconded any further discussion please call the 
vote on 8e commissioner persus yes commissioner   Briley yes commissioner Tolland yes commissioner 
Sargent yes mayor Partington yes 8f ORDINANCE NO. 2024-14: AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING ONE PARCEL
OF REAL PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, SAID PROPERTY BEING LOCATED AT 651 SOUTH RIDGEWOOD AVENUE, VOLUSIA COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 4242-20-32-0100; REDEFINING THE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY; REDESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF ZONE 2 OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY; SETTING FORTH ZONING PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS REGARDING THE PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMISSION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ordinance number 2024-14 read by title only thank 
you again uh this annexation the property is   contiguous to Ormond Beach uh they are connecting 
to utilities any questions for the planning   director on 8f I move approval of ordinance number 
2024-14 second moved and seconded any further   discussion please call the vote commissioner 
Briley yes commissioner Tolland yes commissioner   Sargent yes commissioner Persis yes mayor 
Partington yes 8 G RESOLUTION NO. 2024-96: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR “ FOUNTAIN VIEW, PHASE 1F”, SHOWN WITHIN PHASE 1 OF THE PLANTATION OAKS PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS AND EXPIRATION DATE OF APPROVAL; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  thank you Susan uh I do not 
have any cards on this one does anyone have any   questions of the planning director move approval 
second any further discussion I'll just point out   that uh it's a preliminary plat it's just a 
technical review and it does come with a six   to zero recommendation from the planning board 
uh please call the vote commissioner Tolland yes   commissioner Sargent yes commissioner Persis yes 
commissioner Briley yes mayor Partington yes and   we will close the public hearings and move to 9A 
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-15: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE IV, POLICE OFFICERS’ PENSION TRUST FUND, OF CHAPTER 16, PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING SECTION 16-77, PRE-RETIREMENT DEATH; AMENDING SECTION 16-80, OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFITS; AMENDING SECTION 16-86, MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  number 2024-15 read by title only thank you and 
uh commission I don't have any cards I think we   had requested that this was going to be brought 
back to us just need a motion in a second move   approval second moved and seconded any further 
discussion comments or questions commissioner   Sargent just like to make a comment on this 
this is basically bringing the pension to where   the general employees and the fire department 
already were is that correct not the general   employees just the fire department just the fire 
so it's matching because they we're off at some   point so okay just want that clarification 
thank you Kelly Kelly will correct me excuse me Finance director Kelly McGuire thank 
you I appreciate that so the change is only to   the pre-retirement death benefit and it's not to 
the amount it's just to the time frame that the S   surviving spouse gets the benefit it is 10 years 
for police it is Lifetime for fire in general so   we're changing it to Lifetime for police as well 
thank you certainly I just want to say thank you   for bringing that up and getting us consistent 
where we need to be commissioner Persis and I   just think it's just a wonderful thing for us to 
do for for our First Responders it's been a long   time coming thank you and commissioner let's 
see Deputy Mayor Briley I'll just Echo those   comments Mr Mayor um this is long overdue and and 
uh well deserved thank you thank you commissioner   Sargent thank you I wasn't done but commissioner 
Tolland jumped in um I I think this is a great thing   and also that it's going to uh help officer 
Bakaysa's family who we lost this past year um for   this benefit for uh his his family that he leaves 
behind so thank you Mr Mayor very good anything   else commission if not uh we have a motion in a 
second please call the vote commissioner Sargent   yes commissioner Persis yes commissioner Briley 
yes commissioner Tolland yes mayor Partington yes   uh 10 a discussion item titled native plants 
thank you and I'll ask our city engineer Alex   Schumann to speak on this item thank you very much 
mayor um Alex Schumann city engineer I also have   with us tonight uh Cara culiver our landscape 
architect um as we heard tonight this is a   discussion item to discuss where we currently 
are with our um Land Development code and the   native plants um what other jurisdictions do and 
looking to begin the process of recommendations   um from from commission before we work 
through the rest of the process talking with   our um the the development side of the community 
the native plant um folks um you know getting   Community input at large um before coming back 
to you with with final recommendations so without   further Ado uh cara thank you hi good evening 
Cara culiver City landscape architect engineering   department I'm pleased to be here to speak about 
the native planting discussion topic um I like   tonight we like to review the existing native 
planting requirements or be Land Development code um also I like to review and 
see what other jurisdictions are   doing with their codes and then recommendations so the majority of landscape ordinances are 
written around the conservation of water um   municipalities in Volusia County are required to 
follow the Volusia County water-wise ordinance   the purpose of the water-wise ordinance 
which was adopted in 2004 was to encourage   water-wise landscape irrigation standards 
and encourage the use of Florida friendly   Landscaping practices which promotes 
the use of native and xeric plant materials what are native and xeric plants 
native plants are indigenous to our area and   naturally curring in all our part of the 
county a great example of this is the dun   sunflower which grows on our beach our dun 
Beach area in the salty environment um a   xeric plant is um utilizing native or drought 
tolerant plants which need minimum water after   establishment that's very important after 
establishment people think that planting   a native plant um will establish immediately 
native plants take just as long to establish   as an ornamental plant or non-native plant 
so trbs take about 7 months to establish um   great great example of this is the sea 
percaline which also grows on the the D environment it's really important to recognize 
it's a huge number of ornamental plants that   conserve water their purpose is to conserve 
water as long as well as with the native plants   majority of the codes are written around 
Florida um majority of codes in Florida   written around water conservation and also 
nationally um water's becoming more scarce   you know as we become more populated 
um it's important to note that there   needs to be a balance between the use of 
native and xeric plants because they go together a common misconception 
is that the floridity friendly   landscape principles dictate the use 
of only native uh plant species the   Florida the fact is that the Florida 
friendly program encourages a mix of   Natives and non-natives depending 
on which plants are right for the   particular location which is very important right 
plant right place so that governs the selection of plants as you have in your packet there's 
nine Florida friendly principles um these   are based on UF and IAS science um to 
implement environmentally sound design   and maintenance techniques I'm not going to 
go through each you know I'm not going to go   through them but they're in your packet you 
want to ask additional questions I can answer that so what is Ormond Beach doing what ormond's 
doing is b% of the replacement trees shall be   native in all zoning districts and at least 
50% of All Landscape areas shall be xeric plantings in addition to that we have the 
green belt preservation District which is   along our major thoroughfare roads such as 
I95 North US1 Clyde Morris willamson bll   Ard and in the greenv preservation District 
we our code says that 60% of the greenv area   has to be planted with Native plantings 
then the other 40% can be other plant materials what's Volusia County doing Volusia County 
requires 50% of all required landscape materials   shall be native and they also require 50% of 
the shrub and hedges to be drought tolerant they totem beats there's no percentage 
for Native requirement in their code   Port Orange they require 70% 75% 
of the required shade trees that   be native and uh minimum 75% of the 
required plant material should be deal tolerant Volusia requires requires 50% 
of the landscape areas to be planted   with Native or plants that cons serve water the land requires 75% of the total number 
of plants selected in each category to be native Holly Hill Salona new 
Smyrna there's no mention of   native or xeric departments or concepts in their code I put together it's um 
a native plant listing and   a xeric plank listing just to for your information and the recommendations one would be no 
change to the city xeric Land   Development code two would be no changes to 
the green belt preservation code number three   amend the code to read at least 50% of all 
required landscap material should be native   this will be in line with what Volusia County 
is doing if we implement this one um number   four is to amend the code to um read at least 
75% of required link materials shall be native   res xeric plantings um also I'd like to hear 
um your commission's recommendations on this topic Ms Cara I just just clarification your 
recommendations recommendations are 1 two 3 4   or five excuse me one two three or four are all 
of those are those four your recommendations   and then you want other comments yeah I mean 
I I you know either we can number one we can   leave our leave it as is number two the green 
belt preservation we could you know have leave   that or don't leave that as is or make changes 
but three and four is are my recommendations   are to be in line with what Volusia County's 
doing 50% of all plant materials she'll be   made of so she's in other words given us a 
lot of options sure sure yeah just options   and we can say make it because I think I think 
there's some things like with the green belt   and and the Gateway preservation requirements 
that we do like sorry you say you would not   want to changes to well I'm just saying I think 
there's a lot of things in there that we do like   as far as number two but well let me do this 
if anybody has questions or comments for Alex   or Cara uh let's do that and then we'll go to 
commissioner Tolland who's going to school us on   on native plants all right and then we'll get 
to the recommendation part towards the end or   Direction part I guess towards the end this is 
just a discussion we can provide you additional   per any questions for Cara thank you cara that was 
very detailed um questions or comments for Alex or Cara okay let's go to Lori then all right 
thank you very much um and thank you for that   presentation I I do appreciate that um you know me 
I write everything down I have to read it because   I don't want to forget anything important and I 
will say a lot of the comments I was going to make   um a lot of the ladies made so I apologize if it's 
redundant um I'll try not to um reiterate too much   um I do want to start with a a little quote that 
I found from um a website called outside collab   and it was given to to me this afternoon actually 
by Jake stair I was talking with him about some   of the ideas I was trying to bring across to you 
and what I found on that website it says it's a   profound cultural shift towards respecting 
and nurturing our planet intrical to this   transformation is storytelling a powerful tool 
that weaves a narrative connecting people with   their environment so that kind of just sets the 
tone as to what I want to um share with you and   then we can discuss what's going to be best for 
Ormond Beach um it's no surprise that I support   this conversation and I have high hopes that 
you will agree with me that this is a critical   conversation um it's my hope that in Ormond 
Beach Florida native plants are the preferred   Landscaping choice in all applications and that 
Ormond Beach is recognized as a Statewide leader   in native plant installations in Municipal spaces 
why make a change water conservation remains an   imperative for Florida but we have additional 
conservation needs especially as we undergrow our   growth spurts our food web or di biodiversity is 
under threat from how we develop and how we manage   our natural resources it's most illustrated 
by the birds and I I'm not going to reiterate   Melissa talked about the birds and at the end of 
the day they need food um and you know uh let's   see when the habitat is lost to development um 
that happens when we don't replant with native   plants and this is largely due on how we landscape 
after development which is the choice we can make   when we develop we typically remove all the native 
vegetation that provides the shelter and food for   the birds and replace it with turf grass a few 
non-native decorative plants and possibly a tree   that removes the shelter for the migrating birds 
removes the insects oh it's going on and on never   mind and that goes all the way up the food chain 
the County's water-wise ordinance dates back to   2004 and Carrie just shared that with us and it 
focuses on water conservation it establishes the   minimum for municipalities to follow and I believe 
Ormond Beach is better than the minimum there's   nothing that precludes Ormond Beach from going 
further than the minimum and in fact the county   is now examining its new environment environmental 
ordinances in the past 20 years A lot has changed   water conservation is a bigger imperative for 
the state but also we're losing our biodiversity   our Landscaping does not support the diversity of 
plant and animal life Optimal Health development   isn't going to stop so we must do a better job 
to preserve the food web so now I just want to   talk on slide three the native ver versus xeric 
plants um and I don't know if it would be easier   if that slides up when I'm talking but it if it is 
great if it's not it's okay so xeric and native   plants go together like Cara said when we focus on 
water and remember Florida friendly principles is   was all based on water conservation which is a 
great a great um Foundation um but we need to   think Beyond water needs and toward preservation 
of our food web and for that we need to favor the   Florida native plants above others so xeric 
Landscaping as Cara described is popular in   the arid climates and the where there isn't a lot 
of water for irrigation and they they're placed   in naturally dry air areas a huge number of the 
ornamental plants are xeric and are not native   and their purpose is to conserve water and they 
are absolutely gorgeous but they don't provide the   food Florida is different we have natural cycles 
of flood drought fire and our native plants have   adapted to those Cycles in general Florida native 
plants are naturally suited to the wet and dry   cycles and they need very little supplementation 
um with Irrigation in times of drought and I agree   with Cara they do need to be established first 
it's not like you plan a plant a native plant and   it's going to survive um as far as the Florida 
friendly principles go they are great but they   don't address the biodiversity um Florida native 
plants conserve water and Supply a food web with   the added benefits to the following principles 
so on principle three if you could shoot to that principle three is fertilize appropriately native 
plants rarely need any kind of fertilizer these   are obviously ones they're established for 
principle five they are the plants that the   wild life evolved with and which will provide 
food sources up and down the food chain so um   that's what the native plants do and principle 
six some of these plants as food sources are eaten   but they do re do not require chemicals in 
the forms of herbicides and pesticides so you   don't need as much of that and of course we know 
what happens with the pesticides and herbicides   they run into the ground groundwater and and 
eventually go to the Halifax which we're now   trying to it's an impaired water I think that's 
the terminology now and we're trying to work on   so I will uh almost conclude to be a leader in 
a good Steward of our environment I would like   this commission to consider increasing the use of 
Florida native plants in our Municipal Landscaping   Florida native plants provide a sense of place 
they're the foundation for our biodiversity they   play an important role in sustainability and 
resilience in our community increasing native   plants in our code is responsible um response to 
address the water increasing water scarcity are   you laughing four we're laughing at number four oh 
mulch yeah I wasn't even going to bring up mulch   um water quality um generally native plants don't 
need the her herbicides so obviously the water   quality could be improved and they cost less um 
because they need less water less fertilizers less   poisons and they self-seed um and they obviously 
provide replacement of habitat lost during um   driven by development so my recommendation 
to to staff what I would like to recommend   and I would love for you guys to discuss 
is uh three four four topics replacement   trees and I would say if you want to put to your 
recommendations I would say that the replacement   tree should be 75% zoning uh 75% native in 
all the zoning districts Port Orange and   Deland already have that and you know we're we're 
a leader 50% of landscape area should be native   plantings I would not use the word xeric I 
would use the word native 50% native plants   and that's also what Volusia county uses already 
and remember they're everybody's updating their   codes now they're going to be the trend is going 
towards more native more sustainability now Port   Orange has a shade tree ordinance and Ormond 
Beach does not I would recommend that we do a   shade tree ordinance where 75% of the required 
shade trees that are planted would be native   and of course with these staff would have to 
reexamine the irrigation requirements when   they're examining their new plant list the plant 
list that car provided was awesome there are some   that are are starting to be evaluated whether they 
should stay on the list or not and so um I would   like staff to reexamine those lists and also the 
irrigation requirements because think about it if   you're going to plant a bunch of native plants and 
eventually you won't need the irrigation they um   you don't want to plant them near like Turf that's 
going to need a lot of grass so you there's going   to be there's needs to be some flexibility in 
there somehow um and um the other thing I just   want to throw out there and put in your heads 
is you know we just read landscaped City Hall   and I was real excited because I thought this 
would be a showcase for us and it is a Showcase   in that it it showcases the Florida friendly 
principles but when you look at it and you   look at the amount of native plants that are in 
that it's very few native plants except for the   existing trees so what I am would love to propose 
is that we applaud the city hall as beautiful as   it is with a new Landscaping but look towards 
cassen Park as maybe our new trophy for native   plants in our city and so if you want to talk 
about the green belt I think the green belt is   great um but I would even increase that to 75% to 
be consistent with everything else so I am this   is a persuasive speech that I never took public 
speaking in high school or college I wish I did   I did my very best to show you all how passionate 
I am I'm hoping that you know we can come up with   something to give direction to staff and poor 
Chief Godfrey won't have to listen to me talk   about natives every every meeting so anyway that's 
that's it I think the chief loves this stuff um   commissioner Persis yeah well commissioner Tolland 
we all know you're very passionate about this and   it it is the right thing I mean it it is totally 
the right thing so I applaud you for your your you   championing championing this you know all the 
time I really do I know it's near and dear to   your heart and i' and because really because of 
you I've read a little bit I mean I am certainly   not um not that knowledgeable a native plants but 
I I know it's important for our food system I know   for our birds and I and I have learned that so I 
do think I do think we need to make a change and   I agree with you commissioner Tolland Ormond Beach 
is Better Ormond Beach needs to be better um I   would I would look to um if I was going to make a 
change right now I would say the seven go to the   75% of of of the native plants that would be what 
I I was thinking and um and work on getting more   shade trees I don't know I don't remember what 
the percentage was that you said I had said 75%   it's just because that's what Port Orange yeah 
and I think that that would be work with me I   like the 75% number so we don't have an ordinance 
right now right um but that would be something   Stephen and Cara would have to to look into and 
see how that fits into to it once we get direction   from the commission we can bring something 
back to you wouldn't it have to go through plan a now he speaks well I just just want 
to summarize what C man so what we would   do is take the input from the commission we 
would go meet with whomever wants to meet on   a topic from design professionals to interested 
parties get their input and then go to planning   board and then back to the commission 
so just okay going through the process   seems like a good process uh Deputy Mayor Briley
thank you Mr Mayor um commissioner Tolland I guess   I don't have a problem with the 75% actually 
I'm good with that um but we we and then my   question I guess on number two was no changes 
to the city's Green Belt Gateway preservation   requirements because we're already requiring 
preservation of native species in that in that   zone so I mean I guess this may kind of enhance 
that I guess I think it's 60% now so I would   I would just up it to whatever we're doing 
Citywide okay um and I agree I mean and and   and and you know we we hear about you know the 
the birds but not to be funny but I mean it's   also important for the bees because without bees 
there's no life and you know we take I love the   fact that you guys are talking about birds and 
bees up here well because of you and we're going   to talk about mulch in a minute but but I mean 
but you know and you know you hear a lot about   bees running out of you know pollinated plants 
and I think this would help them as well so I   think anything we can do to help you know our 
our ecosystem as well as help our environment   is a good thing um one question did you on number 
four did you want to take um if you're required   if it's 75% you're wanting are you still wanting 
to take xeric plants out and just make it native   plants so what happens is you use the words native 
and xeric and like what happened in City Hall and   you can speak to it it ended up being mostly 
xeric there was not as much native and that's   what and and the xeric does not provide the food 
right the native plants do so that's why I would   would recommend the native and and it doesn't 
really handcuff the developers I mean I have   talked to a few folks about that and that's what 
you worry about that there's some misconceptions   with natives number one they're ugly um you know 
they don't have that manicured look you can't find   them well there's more nurseries now starting to 
procure them and even UF is starting to work with   these big box stores saying hey we don't want that 
anymore so it it's an education piece more than   anything um yeah and I I I also wanted to say 
at um when we redo Casten Park um we know what   vadner part looks like and what a great job you 
all did and so if we can do something like that   which would be on a grander scale yeah at Cassen Park 
that would be fast faul thank you I appreciate you   bringing that up I'm very proud of adner Park 
anything else Deputy Mayor no sorry commissioner   Sargent mulch no I don't care about mulch um I do 
as as commissioner Persis said I'd like to applaud   you for oh educating us on native plants and I 
was sitting in my office today and the gentleman   across the way Rich Cooper comes to me and he 
goes hey commissioner Tolland's coming down said   for what to talk about native plants to do our 
Rel are Landscaping at our new office building   so she's not just up here trying to persuade us 
to do it she's out there living it um so I'm fine   with your recommendations on this thank you thank 
you commission so I hear uh you wanting to have   staff come back with something like Port Orange 
and the land so Mr Mayor that's what we're hearing   from your direction but just so you know what our 
process normally is is we do like a public input   from the community and then we would take it to 
the planning board and bring it back to you is   that correct even Yeah the more public input the 
better so everybody has a chance to be heard and   uh get as much information as possible I think 
commissioner tand and the different groups that   are interested in this will make sure that you 
have as much information as you need on all those   things and uh anything else that you need on that 
From staff's perspective great thank you thank you   commissioner to thank you all right and we will go 
to reports suggestions and requests and start with   city manager Joyce Shanahan thank you Mr Mayor 
um just a review of your calendar um today we had   our first um budget workshop with you and we'll 
have our second budget Workshop in on I think   it's July 23rd so um typically the commission 
um allow staff to have a break to work on and   finalize the budget between June and July so so 
your break period would be June 5th through July 22nd so mark your calendars accordingly um August 
20th we will have a workshop regarding Yellowstone   and Neighborhood Improvement those are two items that you asked us 
to bring back um for consideration hopefully   we'll have those prepared for you at that time 
uh just really want to um take a moment to say   a special thank thanks to Susan and Justin 
Isaacs in the city clerk's   office for the Citizens Academy she really did 
an outstanding job let's give her a round of applause I'm if you could have only seen her 
in the workshops with department head staff   she reviewed everybody's presentation she told 
them sometimes that they weren't enough fun uh   they all had interesting activities to do and 
it was really a great learning experience for   those I think think 20 members of the inaugural 
Citizens Academy and you did a great job we will   um we will have a another one I think sometime 
in February of next year is that the plan we'll   probably do those once a year um from this point 
forward let's see what else do I got on my list   here um so the contract um did we award that toar 
so we awarded the contract tonight to Bomar for   redoing the PAC to get us back to the pre-fire 
condition um and we will start construction soon   on that um our city camps have started in full 
force you've seen them uh Enviro Camp we've   had Folks at the um South Ormond neighborhood 
center and it's just been a great time to see   that happening one of my most favorite events is 
happening on June 15th this couple Saturdays from   now and that's the real in the fun uh fishing 
tournament this is the final leg I think of the   we have um three tournaments each year one in the 
river one at Central Park and the last one at um   the ocean and that's really exciting to see kids 
out there fishing in the early morning I don't see   Ike here tonight but Ike is always there he uh 
has fishing reels for the kids he provides hot   dogs and it's a great environment for everybody to 
uh celebrate in and and then because you won't be   here I'll remind you that one of the best things 
that we do here in Ormond Beach is celebrate the   4th of July and this will be the nation's 248th 
birthday and that's on Thursday July 4th from   8:00 to 9:30 p.m. um the fireworks will go off at 
900 p.m. sharp uh there will be food music and   fireworks and as you know we launched them from 
the river and everybody gets a great view from   that so um with that I'm available to answer 
any questions that you may have or take any   direction thank you Joyce any questions for the 
city manager thank you assistant city manager Claire Whitley thank you Claire and assist not assistant 
the City attorney Randy ha just demot him nothing   this evening thank you good deal and tonight we 
start with commissioner Tolland since I took up   so much time I have some very just brief comments 
um I just I sincerely want to thank you guys um   for consideration and for your support of the 
the native plant initiative um it it really does   mean a lot and I think we are looking towards the 
future so thank you um I do want to congratulate   Joyce on her outstanding woman in government 
award that she received in honor of Mary swederski I want to congratulate 
Bill Partington for the the mayor   Blaine O'Neal award for his service to government and I also want to congratulate Bill 
and Susan for their recognition as Hometown Heroes   and this was all at the uh League of cities uh 
annual banquet um I want to congratulate the SE   students ZZ Nichols and um her Allied Health 
Academy um teacher Miss lemon on um their CPR   event is so funny that it came up tonight because 
I was going to talk to you all about uh the   American Heart Association walk and I had my CPR 
sheet with me tonight um I am going to challenge   you all as Commissioners to see if you would like 
to join me and a team uh to walk for the American   Heart Association which is going to be held on 
October 4th if you guys are interested I will   create a team and we can invite our F our family 
members and we can be an Ormond Beach Force for the   American Heart Association from Randy for that 
is that the walk at the speedway it's it's at   the speedway we won't talk anything about work 
they might have to advertise it um and I also   want to congratulate Susan and staff um for the 
Citizens Academy so I'm keeping my Mo um comments   brief thank you so much and if it's okay how how 
do I reach out with Sunshine can I send something   to you and you can send it to all the commi the 
Commissioners okay great thank you guys good night   thank you commissioner commissioner Sargent 
uh thank you Mr Mayor and I won't rehash what   commissioner Tolland said but I I Echo her comments 
um Memorial Day celebration I don't know if if   you didn't get to hear perie Lewis who is a chief 
warrant officer in the Marine Corps his story um   was pretty cool to hear I highly recommend I don't 
know if we can put it on uh out there for people   to read it or if people want to Google it but 
wow pretty powerful story he had um just a couple   things Volusia announced their 2024 summer meal 
sites for count um for the County's Youth I don't   know if we can put that out there for on social 
media and we participate as well yes there's   several Ormond locations just if uh we could put 
that out on social media so our residents can see   that um Volusia County Schools you know they um Port 
Orange had the tragic accident um at one of their   elementary schools and now that school is out I 
don't know if the city of Ormond can work with the   school board or or whoever we need to work with 
to make sure that our schools are operating as   safely as possible once they open open back up 
in August and take the initiative to um address   any issues that we may have before school uh 
reconvenes um hurricane season started June   1st I encourage everyone to get your hurricane 
supplies now and get ready before I guess I   should do it myself before I uh I never do it but 
um just to be prepared for hurricanes um excuse me   at the county meeting today they discussed code 
enforcement wearing body cameras and there's a   lot of issues with this legally and they directed 
staff to work with um state legislator on on this   issue just to get clarification so if we can 
just monitor that I don't think we need to   reinvent the wheel maybe we can just follow them 
once they do all the heavy lifting we can just   implement it maybe if the commission wants that 
I'd also like to thank the residents that came   out to speak on Riverbend Golf course I brought 
this issue up last commission meeting because I   had heard that residents wanted a golf course 
reopened and I brought that up as and I know   it's a a heavy lift could potentially be 
$8 to10 million I know the resident said it   was 8 million to construct but I think the 
condition that it's in and today's um cost   of everything it could be 8 to 10 million 
with irrigation to get up and running if   that was something but at the last commission 
meeting we had I'm just reading over the the minutes as the mayor said to to have staff check 
with FAA and then bring it back to us to even if   that's even an option to move forward before 
we discuss going out for an RFP so um and then   it was nice to see sang Robertson today speaking 
on native plants she was my first boss I worked   in her Art Studio she's a renowned Ceramics 
uh maker I guess you could say Potter um who   had stuff would do the shows in the Smithsonian 
and traveled all over the place um and it was I   learned how to use a broom pretty well with her 
um and unfortunately my family and I will not be   at the July 4th we will be out of town for that 
event uh and that's unfortunate because I always   enjoy the event that the city of Ormond Beach puts 
on it's always a terrific event for family and and   unfortunately we will be out of town and with 
that I'll say good night thank you commissioner   commissioner Persis good evening everyone um I 
just wanted to wanted to congratulate mayor Partington  for receiving the mayor Blaine O'Neal award and 
congratulating city manager Joyce Shanahan for   receiving the Mary swederski outstanding woman 
in government award very well deserved uh the   Memorial Day uh remembrance was so well attended 
I think it was one that was most crowded it was   excellent and I too thought the speaker um 
Pier Lewis his story was quite touching um   it was really meaningful and I think it hit home 
with a lot of people and I also just wanted to   let you know I was not here at the last meeting 
but I was in Washington DC and I want to thank   staff for allow allowing me to attend the Florida 
League of City fast flying and um what they do is   they they get action agenda items and we go up 
to DC and we talk to congressmen and women and   we tell them what we think we need right here 
in the State of Florida Florida and locally so   the three I just wanted to share briefly what the 
three action items were that we discussed up in DC   the first one was um uh what was uh posos and they 
what Posas are they this is a terrible chemical   that's made its way into our communities around 
the country there are man-made chemicals that   have been manufactured and used in a variety 
of Industries since the 1940s and Florida's   municipality support the efforts for a long-term 
solution to posos management and recognize the   need to protect public health and the environment 
and share the goal of holding accountable those   entities that are primarily responsible for fif 
posos contamination that was the first one it   was very well received the second item was um the 
national flood insurance PL program and we urged   Congress to advocate for long-term reauthorization 
packets that provide affordability for existing   and future policy holders more accurate flood 
mapping because ours are way outdated and   resiliance resiliency initiatives that also was 
well received and of course in Florida with this   amount of storm that we have it's quite concerning 
and then the last one was um simplifying local   government grants and we mentioned this early 
how our staff is so great about getting grants   right here for us and and um a lot of small 
cities don't have the staff or don't have the   wherewithal to go and get these grants so um we 
told Congress that we would like to have them   streamline and simplify the Grant application 
process so that cities towns and villages with   lower populations have equal opportunities to 
secure Federal grant dollars and all of it was   well you know was well received and right there on 
their agenda so I felt really good about that and   hopefully that will help some people right here 
in Ormond Beach and uh let's see I think that's all   that I had I just want to say I was real happy to 
see seabreeze high school right here getting you know   people getting recognized uh from most of us went 
to seabreeze high school here and it's very we're very   proud proud of that and with that I'll say good 
night I hope everyone has a safe safe evening and   a wonderful rest of the week thank you thank you 
commissioner Deputy Mayor Briley thank you Mr Mayor   um I will chime in and and congratulate uh you 
Mr Mayor uh for winning the Blain O'Neal being   awarded the Blain O'Neal award uh this year as 
well as Joyce for winning the being awarded the   Mary sedki award and both commissioner Persis
and mayor Partington for for the hometown hero   Champion so for Joyce got the hometown hero 
and Joyce I'm sorry and Joyce Shanaham that's   right Joyce got the hometown hero award that's 
right there was three of us the three of our   three of our folks from or be I'd like to amend 
my comments to include Joyce in the hometown me too um you know we during the workshop tonight we 
discussed I think uh one of the issues that sha   brought up was um sidewalk Rehabilitation and I'm 
just throwing this out there is a discussion out   we may want to look at maybe amending this in 
Our Land Development code uh anything anything   that has to do with Street trees um if you look 
at some of our neighborhoods in the city I think   Chelsea uh not Chelsea Place excuse me Spring 
Meadows is a is a prime example uh if you even   look outside the city Halifax Plantation there a 
fine example of where the developer is required   to plant in Halifax plantation's case oak trees 
between the sidewalk and the road Road and those   trees over time create problems with the sidewalk 
as far as unevenness and those issues become not   only a maintenance issue for the city but 
they also create a liability to the city   as far as if the city doesn't you maintain those 
sidewalks and create a cure any cracks or you know   unlevel sidewalk issues um there there's there's 
liability associated with that so we may want to   look at maybe changing the types of treat trees 
or limiting the types of trees that can be used   as Street trees just so they don't have those 
massive root balls that start disrupting either   the payment of the road or or the concrete of the 
sidewalk so don't know what your take is on that   Mr Mayor I know I think that's a great idea I mean 
uh different types of trees have been planted over   the years through different administrations and 
uh finding one that's appropriate that doesn't   have a huge root ball MH uh but is still stable 
and appropriate I think would be the probably the   best recommendation or probably knows one well 
I I'm definitely not the expert but the only I   I agree with you with how the maintenance with 
the um sidewalks with the tree roots but those   trees are generally the ones that create the 
canopy and that's one thing when you go up the   scenic loop you know you see the canopy so maybe 
that's something Stephen and Cara can help us with   when when we get to that point cuz that that 
is a liability tripping on sidewalks as well   but there's got to be a good answer sure right 
very good um I want to thank well first I want   to congratulate the the uh our citizens of the who 
who are graduates of the Citizens Academy tonight   thank you to Justin and Susan for putting that 
program together that was uh that was great and   I certainly appreciate that um we recently had a 
or are going to if we haven't already received a   resignation from Phil [ __ ] from the Volusia growth 
management commission and I have uh heard and and   spoken to uh possible replacement for Mr [ __ ] 
on the vgmc which I thought I would bring about   tonight and that is Mr Bill Navara has expressed 
interest on serving on the vgmc so Mr I don't know   if this is the appropriate time to maybe ask that 
this be put on a future agenda I thought I saw a   resignation Joyce may have more information 
for us but I think she was going to bring   us a uh agenda item I think Phil's done was done 
immediately and then uh as far as I know Bill Navarra   is the only person that was interested so that 
should be coming forward so I can bring you I   think you have to have a resolution to do that 
so I'll bring that to you yes we did receive a   resignation and I'll make sure you get a copy all 
of that thank thank you um just some good news to   end on um yes yesterday uh commissioner Persis 
and I were able to attend uh Seabreeze high school and   uh they've announced a new athletic director for 
Seabreeze High School Mr Anthony Campanella and I think   most people remember uh campy as we affectionately 
call him as the baseball coach for Seabreeze high school   for many many years he was there for 28 years 
was recently at Atlantic high school and is   now back at Seabreeze as their athletic director so 
want to congratulate campy on his appointment   as the athletic director and lastly I want to 
just make note and uh comment on a uh a milestone   in Major League Baseball that was reached 
Friday night as Hunter westad set a Major   League record for Father and Son legacies and 
Major League Baseball as far as this window step   name officiating the most games in baseball so and 
that number continues to climb as as Hunter's not   done yet so but I do want to congratulate 
the W step family with that Mr Mayor I'll   say good night thank you thank you Deputy Mayor 
and with that uh we are adjourned thank you all